when tranny first started being used by the lgbt community it was an umbrella term to unite anyone who fucked with gender specifically drag queens and mtf trans people drag queens were transvestites and mtf people were transsexuals and tranny was their word equally now the trans community sees it as a slur and has separated themselves for the most part from the drag community but the fact remains that it wasnt just their word of course mean people in the world are going to coopt the words that marginalized people use and turn their expressions of identity into insults and i get that i suggest you watch the documentary paris is burning about the s new york ball scene to see just how closely connected the trans and drag communities used to be